Ashley Hicklin

• Name — Ashley Hicklin • Birth Name — Ashley Hicklin • Born — 1985 • Origin — Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England • Instrument — Vocals, guitar, piano • Genre — Pop • Occupation — Singer-songwriter, record producer • Years Active — 1999–present • Label — EMI (2008–present) Warner Music (2010–present) • Website — unified-songs.com

Ashley Hicklin was raised in his parents' pub on the North-East coast of England in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. He first began as a singer-songwriter performing at open mic nights in the pub, at the age of 13.

Hicklin has written the following Eurovision Song Contest entries: • Year — Country — Song — Artist — Co-written with — Final — Points — Semi — Points • Belgium — "Me and My Guitar" — Tom Dice — Tom Eeckhout, Jeroen Swinnen — 6 — 143 — 1 — 167 • "Mother" — Axel Hirsoux — Rafael Artesero — colspan=2 rowspan=2 Failed to qualify — 14 — 28 • Lithuania — "Run with the Lions" — Jurij Veklenko — Eric Lumiere, Pele Loriano — 11 — 93 • Spain — "Universo" — Blas Cantó — Blas Cantó, Dan Hammond, Dangelo Ortega, Mikołaj Trybulec — colspan=4 Contest cancelled • Austria — "Amen" — Vincent Bueno — Tobias Carshey, Jonas Thander — colspan=2 Failed to qualify — 12 — 66 • Poland — "River" — Ochman — Krystian Ochman, Adam Wiśniewski, Mikołaj Trybulec — 12 — 151 — 6 — 198 • Switzerland — "Watergun" — Remo Forrer — Argyle Singh, Mikołaj Trybulec — 20 — 92 — 7 — 97 In 2018, Hicklin co-wrote two songs for the United Kingdom national selection Eurovision: You Decide. "You", performed by Jaz Ellington and "Astronaut", performed by Liam Tamne. In 2024, he co-wrote "Tears like Rain", performed by Bodine Monet, for the Germany national final.

In 2015, Hicklin co-founded Unified Songs, an independent music publisher and management company based in Edinburgh. They have residential recordings studios where they regularly host songwriting camps.